clinker

🇺🇸 /ˈklɪŋkər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈklɪŋkə(r)/
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noun
R

A small, hard piece of material left after something has been burned.

The fire was so hot that it turned all the coal into clinker.

R

A wrong musical note.

The singer hit a clinker during the performance.

translation

n. A small, hard piece of material left after something has been burned.; A wrong musical note.

Word Forms

Plural clinkers